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Yeah, there’s only ONE cashew per “fruit”. That’s really a hell of yellow things to get a tiny bag of nuts lolI wouldn’t describe the taste as bitter, at least if ripe they can be very sweet, but they have a tangy/sharp taste I guess, they leave like a weird feeling in your mouth. Maybe it could be compared with the feeling you get when eating an unripe banana, but maybe worse?

#4 Cashew is actually that weird green nut you see in the bottom of the yellow “fruit” (which is not actually the fruit, because the fruit is the cashew nut. Confusing, huh?)

Caju is its original name and it’s original from Brazil, and yeah! you can actually find it here in Brazil for consumption in the exact same form you see in the picture, because since it’s a national fruit and everyone knows it and/or is used to it, everyone knows you’re not supposed to eat the “weird green part” like that. It obviously has to be toasted to be turned into those delicious salty cashew nuts you can buy at the market.

The actual fruit is the nut (you guys call cashew), and the yellow part is a “floral peduncle”, which is delicious and juicy, and can leave a weird feeling in the mouth when eaten. But if you don’t like to actually eat it (like me), you can make juice out of the yellow part (that can also be red).

In Brazil people basically only have avocados as something sweet. They’ll blend them with sugar and milk and have it as a vitamin/smoothie. Then If you say you eat avocados in savory food, people will mostly look at you like you’re from another planet.

I am fat and I use the word fat do describe MYSELF. That doesn’t give me the rights to describe other fat people using the word fat too, because I know this word can still be harmful to many people and still can be seen as a swear word. Keep your body positivity and help other people to achieve it, you’re doing it right! But just be careful, other people may be not as positive as we are.

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